diff --git a/src/Zenith/Scanner.hs b/src/Zenith/Scanner.hs
index dffa8f6..ccbd80f 100644
--- a/src/Zenith/Scanner.hs
+++ b/src/Zenith/Scanner.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
 module Zenith.Scanner where
 
-import Control.Monad (when)
+import Control.Exception (throwIO)
+import Data.HexString
 import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Network.HTTP.Simple (getResponseBody)
+import ZcashHaskell.Types
+  ( BlockResponse(..)
+  , RpcResponse(..)
+  , ZebraGetBlockChainInfo(..)
+  )
+import ZcashHaskell.Utils (makeZebraCall)
 import Zenith.Core (checkBlockChain)
 
 -- | Function to scan the Zcash blockchain through the Zebra node and populate the Zenith database
@@ -16,7 +26,22 @@ scanZebra b host port dbFilePath = do
   case bc of
     Nothing -> throwIO $ userError "Failed to determine blockchain status"
     Just bStatus -> do
-      if b > zgb_blocks bStatus
+      if b > zgb_blocks bStatus || b < 1
         then throwIO $ userError "Invalid starting block for scan"
         else do
           let bList = [b .. (zgb_blocks bStatus)]
+          print bList
+
+-- | Function to process a raw block and extract the transaction information
+processBlock ::
+     Int -- ^ The block number to process
+  -> T.Text -- ^ Host name for `zebrad`
+  -> Int -- ^ Port for `zebrad`
+  -> IO [HexString]
+processBlock b host port = do
+  r <-
+    result . getResponseBody <$>
+    makeZebraCall host port "getblock" [fromIntegral b, 1]
+  case r of
+    Nothing -> throwIO $ userError "Unable to get block data from Zebra"
+    Just b' -> return $ bl_txs b'